Christine Jennings explained her victory over her Brazilian Olympian rival Poliana Okimoto at the Queen of the Sea (Rainha do Mar) competition on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in front of a television audience. Christine will have the pole position at tomorrow’s 7K Queen of the Sea. The results were as follows: 1. Christine […]

Christine Jennings proved faster on land than her Brazilian Olympian rival Poliana Okimoto at the Queen of the Sea (Rainha do Mar) competition on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in front of a television audience. The 700-meter sprint offered cash prizes down to 8th place and determined the starting position in tomorrow’s Queen of

Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director of USA Swimming, announced an update on its work related to open water swimming. “There are currently several important and necessary efforts underway,” explained the long-time sports administrator. “USA Swimming has commissioned its own fact-finding investigation and this is well down the road. We have also established an Open Water Review

The II Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman are underway at Qantab Beach where 5K and 10K marathon swims are being contested. Saleh Mohammad of Syria won his second straight 5K at the Asian Beach Games in a time of 1:00.14 over Wachao Xu of China and multi-time world champion Yuri Kudinov representing Kazakhstan. Li

Linda Kaiser, Randy Brown, Michelle Macy, Joel Swartz, Billy Brown and Mike Spalding swam courageously for two straight days. Not just anywhere – but across the Kaieieiwaho Channel between the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai – sharks, Portuguese Man-o-War – if there were ever a truly dangerous channel to cross, this was it. This

In 1993, V. Mougios and A. Deligiannis wrote about the effect of water temperature on performance, lactate production and heart rate at swimming of maximal and submaximal intensity in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. The effects of water temperatures of 20°C (68°F), 26°C (78.8°F) and 32°C (89.6°F) were measured in submaximal and

In 1977, B. Neilsen wrote about the physiology of thermoregulation during swimming that was presented in B. Eriksson & B. Furberg’s Swimming Medicine IV – Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Swimming Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Body temperature is balanced between heat produced and lost by conduction, convention, radiation, and evaporation. When heat lost

Lewis Pugh, well-known for his pioneering ice swims in the North Pole (-1.7°C) and Mount Everest, drafted 20 tips for cold-water swimming based on his experience of getting in with the right mindset. With a tradition of ice-swimming around New Year’s around the world, his tips make sense. GEAR1. Keep your head warm. Wear a